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When it comes to building homes and offices, glass is considered the material of choice by architects and designers across the globe. It has numerous advantages and various properties which makes it ideal to use in most places in interiors and…
Global tempered glass market is expected to reach USD 54.31 billion by 2022. Growing automobile demand on account of rising disposable income is expected to be the major driver for tempered glass market growth.
World's first from Dresden: SOLARWATT GmbH is now also offering the SOLARWATT 60M high power module with an output of 300 watt peak (Wp). The German solar pioneer is now the first company to produce a glass-glass model in this variant and with…
The Solar Protection and Control Industry will have its own space in VETECO, the trade fair organised by IFEMA which will be held in the “FERIA DE MADRID” from 25 to 28 October, ideal dates for the professional sector.
Heliatek R&D teams reached a record conversion efficiency of 13.2% for an OPV multi-junction cell, setting a new world record for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity using organic photovoltaic cells.
NSG Group's SPACIA, the world's first commercially available vacuum glazing, was selected for a project to restore an historic high-end apartment in the United States.   The building is 90 years old and located on Park Avenue, well-known…
Heliatek will use the unique platform of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, which is taking place in Davos-Klosters from January 20-23, 2016, to present its disruptive technology of organic solar films.
The NSG Group will exhibit a range of high performance glass products at the Integrated Systems Europe Show in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on February 9-12, 2016.  Integrated Systems Europe is the world’s best-attended tradeshow dedicated to…
At the Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards ceremony in London, Heliatek received the Renewable Energy Design Award 2015.  The German start-up, based in Dresden and Ulm, develops and produces HeliaFilm®, an organic solar film.
Pilkington North America’s popular Sun Management and Thermal Stress Calculators are now together in one interactive mobile app.
Residents of the new Hampton by Hilton hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne can enjoy spectacular views across the city thanks to windows supplied by leading fenestration designer and manufacturer Senior Architectural Systems.
Siemens UK & Ireland has strengthened its partnership with global glass manufacturer, NSG Group, as it is announced as preferred supplier for electrical and control systems across the group’s network of UK Architectural operations.
Butterflies are beautiful and delicate creatures – and very climate sensitive. So when planners were designing the Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden in Konya, Turkey, they recognised it was vital to secure the best, most reliable means of maintaining…
Pilkington United Kingdom Limited has launched two new Pilkington Pyroclear® Line products, a 30-minute and a 60-minute integrity only butt-jointed glazing system, as part of its Pilkington Pyroclear® range.
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (HQ: Otsu-city, Shiga; President: Motoharu Matsumoto, “NEG”) and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (HQ: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Shigeki Mori, “NSG”) have agreed to launch a joint development project of glass fillers,…
Exhibitors have hailed the latest Glassman exhibition as a resounding success. Overseas companies exhibiting at last week’s Glassman Latin America event in Mexico reported plenty of traffic to their stands.
Grupo Vitropanel, located in San Miguel de Allende,Mexico, is a company with over forty years experience in the glass market, providing comprehensive services in the glazier trade as well as responding to the growing need for glass for construction…
Asia’s largest Building Integrated Organic PV (BIOPV) First installation of HeliaFilm® completed in Singapore Phase 1 successfully installed on Seletar Walkway    The first phase of Heliatek’s pilot project in Singapore has been successfully…
The sale of the former St Helens headquarters of glass giant Pilkington to local property developers has been completed.
Heliatek, the Dresden-based German company that produces ultra-light, flexible and less than 1 mm thick Photovoltaic solar films, was on 5 August 2015 awarded as one of the World Economic Forum's "technology pioneers", a selection of…
Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA), hereinafter “Vitro” or the “Company”, the leading glass producer in Mexico, announced on July 28, 2015 its unaudited results for the second quarter 2015 (“2Q’15”) and six-month period ended June 30, 2015.
Pilkington Architectural Glass North America business has launched My Pilkington, an innovative online order entry, inventory review and tracking system for its customers.
Glassman will be returning to Mexico in 2015. Held at the Expo Guadalajara on the 22nd and 23rd September, the show will be an essential event for suppliers to the container and hollow glass industry. Stand sales are already underway.
In addition to the order for the Batch Plant with a capacity of 130 tons/day in 2014, EME Maschinenfabrik Clasen GmbH has won the Bid for the Modernization of the Sodium Silicate Line of the Algerian glass manufacturer, Société Africaine du Verre (…
Unique technology takes centre stage at Smart Skyscrapers Summit in Dubai     Emirates Insolaire LLC, a pioneer in the development and application of new solar technologies & a joint venture of Dubai Investments PJSC [DI] and SwissINSO Holding…